Kenya: East Africa Commission Report, 1953-1957
File
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 1681/287
Held at the Weston Library
Contains:
- folder 1 (fols. 1-6) memorandum submitted by the Africa Bureau to the Commission, n.d.
- folder 2 (items 1 and 2) memoranda submitted to the Commission by Chief Koinange and by the Mbaris and Clans of the Kikuyu on Land and Population, 1953
- folder 3 (fols. 1-12) Africa Bureau statements on the situation during the emergency and on the need for a change in the constitution, [1953]-1957
- folder 4 (fols. 1-7) proposed public information service on Africa to be formed by the Bureau, memorandum and correspondence, 1955
- folder 5 (fols. 1-28) Bureau Working Party: secretary's correspondence, minutes, agenda, and lists of people consulted on the report, 1955-1956
- folder 6 (fols. 1-15) rough draft of comment on the report, intended as a basis for discussion, n.d.
- folder 7 (fol. 1 only) comment by Michael Blundell on the report and reaction in Kenya, extract from a letter, 7 Oct 1955
- folder 8 (fols. 1-13) comment by Sir Charles Dundas, n.d.
- folder 9 (fols. 1-7) note on the East African Report by Arthur Gaitskell, n.d.
- folder 10 (fols. 1-15) correspondence with Professor Max Gluckman about the Report, 1955
- folder 11 (fols. 1-3) comment by Sir Eldred Hitchcock, 9 Aug 1955
- folder 12 (fols. 1, 2) comments by A.N. Maini and George Spence of Uganda on the Report, n.d.
- folder 13 (fols. 1-11) memorandum by Sir Philip Mitchell on the Report and correspondence with the Bureau about it, 23 Sep 1955-29 May 1956
- folder 14 (fol. 1 only) comment by P.J. Monkhouse, n.d.
- folder 15 (fols. 1-4) correspondence with A.B. Mukwaya about the Report, 14 Dec 1955-9 Jan 1956
- folder 16 (item 1 only) Nairobi Chamber of Commerce Examination of the East Africa Royal Commission 1953-1955 Report, Jan 1956
- folder 17 (items 1 and 2) Margery Perham's review of the Report for the Listener, 18 Aug, and her article in the New Statesman on Economics v. Race in East Africa, 5 Sep, 1955
- folder 18 (fols. 1-4) Dr Audrey Richards, correspondence, 8 Dec 1955-13 Jan 1956
- folder 19 (fols. 1-13, items 1-6) correspondence with W.J.A. Harris, initiated by Audrey Richards, concerning papers given at Makerere College Extra-Mural Department on aspects of the Report and copies of the lectures by Cyril Ehrlich, J.E. Goldthorpe, J.L. Loy, T.A. Kennedy, R.O. Pratt, and Professor Fergus B. Wilson, Jan-May 1956
- folder 20 (fols. 1-6, item 1 only) Uganda Chamber of Commerce Memorandum on the East Africa Royal Commission Report and correspondence, 1955-1956
- folder 21 (fols. 1-18) correspondence with Arthur Creech Jones about the Report and his comments, 21 Jul 1955-8 Jan 1956
- folder 22 (fols. 1-8) memorandum by Dingle Foot and Colin Legum on the Report and note from the former, 1956
- folder 23 (fols. 1-19) correspondence and comments of Lord Hemingford, 21 Sep 1955-25 Jan 1956
- folder 24 (fols. 1-10) correspondence with Rita Hinden, 2 Aug 1955-26 Mar 1956
- folder 25 (fols. 1-5, items 1 and 2) memorandum by Richard Izard, draft and final version, and correspondence with him, 12 Jan-4 May 1956
- folder 26 (fols. 1-5, item 1 only) comments and correspondence with Professor Kenneth Kirkwood, 10 Feb-2 Apr 1956
- folder 27 (fols. 1-17) correspondence with Dr Roland Oliver, 12 Aug 1955-19 Jan 1956
- folder 28 (item 1 only) amended draft of the Africa Bureau's report on the Royal Commission's Report on East Africa, main report written by Colin Legum, 1956.
Dates
- Creation: 1953-1957
Extent
28 folders
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MSS. Afr. s. 1681/287
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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Weston Library
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Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk